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So, I should boil 5 oz of sugar into a couple cups of water. And use that to prime 5 gallons? Is that enough to carbonate it all? Because with beer I usually boil one cup of corn sugar in about 2 cups of water to prime it. Thanks in advance.

First off, I apologize if my grammar is off, I had to "test" some other wine batches. I might be a little drunk. I made some hard lemonade that is ready for bottling. But I guess Mike's Hard Lemonade is normal carbonated, so I need to know how to carbonate my batch. Here's my recipe...

The concentrate that I use is made by the store. I'm pretty sure that they buy the grapes in bulk, crush them, and bottle that into the 1/2 gallon jugs. They sell the 1/2 gallon jugs for about $25. The instructions they printed up for me say to add 6-10 lbs. of sugar (depending on how sweet...

By SG, do you mean "starting gravity"? Is that the same as OG, "original gravity"? I'm still trying to get the terminology down. I'm using the instructions from the LHBS. I have a feeling that the reason for the sugar is to cut down on crushed grape usage. Which would cut down on the...

I've made lots of beer, but I'm new to making wine. So I'm looking for ideas to make my wines "exceptional". The homebrew store that I go to sells grape concentrate by the 1/2 gallon jug for a 5 gallon batch. They usually have pulp in the bottom so I assume they crush their own grapes. I...

Just getting my first post out of the way. I'm from Toledo, OH and I've brewed: Irish stout, american light, red ale, weizenbier, porter, and I've got a barley wine going now. I've just started, but I'm very excited about homebrew. I even got a kit for a buddy. So hopefully he can help...